{"id":1704,"date":"2021-12-06T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/?p=1704"},"modified":"2025-11-14T14:26:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T22:26:22","slug":"top-10-oregon-native-plants-for-pollinators-week-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/2021\/12\/06\/top-10-oregon-native-plants-for-pollinators-week-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Oregon Native Plants for Pollinators: Week 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-normal-font-size\"><strong><em>The Garden Ecology Lab\u2019s Pollinator Plant PR Campaign Presents\u2026.. <\/em>Pearly Everlasting!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Garden Ecology Lab is releasing a series of plant profiles of the top 10 Oregon native plants for pollinators, based on Aaron Anderson\u2019s 2017-2019 field trials of 23 Oregon native plants. We will feature one plant per week for 10 weeks, this is week 3! Profiles will include photos, planting information, and will highlight common pollinators of each plant.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"345\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/11\/large1-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/11\/large1-1.png 345w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/11\/large1-1-274x300.png 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><figcaption>Photo by Patrick Perish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Plant Facts<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Scientific Name<\/strong>: <em>Anaphalis margaritacea<\/em><\/li><li><strong>Life Cycle: <\/strong>Perennial<\/li><li><strong>Growth Habit:<\/strong> Upright, clumping<\/li><li><strong>Bloom Duration:<\/strong> June &#8211; October<\/li><li><strong>Hardiness Zone: <\/strong>3-8<\/li><li><strong>Special Traits:<\/strong> Drought tolerant, deer resistant<\/li><li><strong>Light requirements:<\/strong> Prefers full sun but will grow in partial shade<\/li><li><strong>When to plant: <\/strong>Plant starts in the Spring, or sow seeds directly in the Fall.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Pollinator Facts<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Pearly everlasting was found to be associated with two species of mining bees in Aaron\u2019s research: <em>Andrena cerasifolii, Andrena candida<\/em>.<\/li><li>Other common visitors to Pearly Everlasting are American Lady butterflies, Painted Lady butterflies, Everlasting Tebenna moth, and Sweat bees.<\/li><li>Female and male flowers are generally found on separate Pearly Everlasting plants. This means that male plants provide nectar and pollen to insect visitors while female flowers just provide nectar.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"833\" height=\"1017\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/11\/andrena.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/11\/andrena.jpg 833w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/11\/andrena-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/11\/andrena-768x938.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 833px) 100vw, 833px\" \/><figcaption>Andrena visiting Pearly Everlasting. Photo by Aaron Anderson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\"><em>Pearly Everlasting&#8217;s Native Range in Oregon<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"708\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/11\/PErange.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/11\/PErange.jpg 708w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/11\/PErange-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/11\/PErange-395x300.jpg 395w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Oregon is home to three varieties of Pearly Everlasting<em> <\/em>whose native ranges extend the Cascade range, Western Oregon and parts of northeastern Oregon.\n\nMaps and legend acquired from the <a href=\"https:\/\/oregonflora.org\/taxa\/index.php?taxon=5010\">Oregon Flora Project<\/a>, with Imagery Sourced from Google. Copyright 2021\u00a9 TerraMetrics<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>Pearly Everlasting as a pollinator plant<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pearly Everlasting is an herbaceous perennial commonly seen in open meadows, burned areas, rocky flats and along roadsides in dry, sun-exposed soils. Native throughout the United States, except for the Southwest, Pearly everlasting is an excellent nectar resource for pollinators, and is especially attractive to many butterfly and moth species. It makes an important larval host plant for American Lady and Painted Lady Butterflies whose seasonal feeding can leave Pearly Everlasting foliage slightly tattered, but nothing that the plant can&#8217;t recover from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pearly Everlasting hosts a moderate abundance and a relatively low diversity of insect visitors, but is a key host plant for its associated pollinators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/11\/GraphicPE.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/11\/GraphicPE.png 600w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/11\/GraphicPE-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"237\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/10\/Infographicsnip-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/10\/Infographicsnip-3.png 237w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/10\/Infographicsnip-3-114x300.png 114w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Infographics developed by LeAnn Locher, Aaron Anderson, and Gail Langellotto.<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-gray-background-color has-background has-small-font-size\"><strong>Abundance and Diversity Calculations<\/strong>. Bee abundance was calculated using estimated marginal means of bee visitation to each of our study plants from 5-minute observations conducted from Aaron&#8217;s 2017-2019 field seasons. Estimated marginal means (EM Means) were assigned to categorical values and averaged across years to yield the following categories: 0% = Very Low =EM mean below 0.49; 25% = Low = EM mean of 0.50 to 0.99; 50% = Moderate = EM mean of 1 to 1.49; 75% = High = EM mean of 1.50 to 1.99; and 100% = Very high = EM mean above 2.0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-gray-background-color has-background has-small-font-size\">Bee diversity was based on the total sum of species collected on each of our study plants from 2017 to 2019. A Chao 2 Estimator was used to estimate total expected species richness for each plant; Chao 2 estimates were then used to create categorical values, as follows: 0%  = Very Low = 9.99 or lower; 25% = Low = 10 to 14.99; 50% = Moderate = 15 to 19.99; 75% = High = 20 to 24.99; 100% = Very high = 25 or higher. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\"><em>Did you know?<\/em><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>As a plant that thrives in high light and very dry conditions, Pearly Everlasting is one of the first plants to colonize recently burned forests. When rain comes after a fire-season, Pearly Everlasting sends out rhizomes that allow the plant to spread rapidly across nutrient-rich areas. Similarly in a garden setting, Pearly Everlasting has low moisture and nutrient needs but when heavily watered and fertilized, it can quickly take over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Established Pearly Everlasting should not be irrigated more than twice per month in the summer months. The white, petal-like bracts of Pearly Everlasting flowers retain a fresh appearance after being dried, so gardeners that allow aboveground growth to dry out in the summer months will be rewarded with dried flowers perfect for floral arrangements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\"><em>Photos from the field<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-autoplay=\"true\" data-delay=\"3\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1775\" data-id=\"1775\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/11\/large1.png\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Photo by Patrick Perish<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"710\" height=\"661\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1785\" data-id=\"1785\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/11\/1-5.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/11\/1-5.jpg 710w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/11\/1-5-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/11\/1-5-322x300.jpg 322w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Photo by Patrick Perish<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1471\" height=\"1535\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1774\" data-id=\"1774\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/11\/Untitled.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/11\/Untitled.png 1471w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/11\/Untitled-287x300.png 287w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/11\/Untitled-981x1024.png 981w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/11\/Untitled-768x801.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1471px) 100vw, 1471px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Photo by Jen Hayes<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image 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https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/11\/1-4-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Photo by Patrick Perish<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"527\" height=\"660\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1786\" data-id=\"1786\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/11\/1-6.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/11\/1-6.jpg 527w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/11\/1-6-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Photo by Patrick Perish<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"709\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1787\" data-id=\"1787\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/11\/1-7.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/11\/1-7.jpg 601w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/11\/1-7-254x300.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Photo by Patrick Perish<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Tune in next week for the next edition of our Pollinator Plant PR Campaign.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Garden Ecology Lab\u2019s Pollinator Plant PR Campaign Presents\u2026.. Pearly Everlasting! The Garden Ecology Lab is releasing a series of plant profiles of the top 10 Oregon native plants for pollinators, based on Aaron Anderson\u2019s 2017-2019 field trials of 23 Oregon native plants. We will feature one plant per week for 10 weeks, this is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11485,"featured_media":1766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1295191,1295192,1295190,1295236,1295273],"tags":[1427,1295287,1174184,1295274,523,1295279],"class_list":["post-1704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bees","category-garden-ecology","category-native-plants","category-pollinators","category-top-10-plants-for-pollinators","tag-native-plants","tag-pearly-everlasting","tag-pollinators","tag-profile","tag-research","tag-top10","has-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2021\/11\/GraphicPE.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11485"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1704"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1801,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1704\/revisions\/1801"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}